Super Mario Odyssey honors much of what makes other 3D Mario games great, plus it adds plenty of its own flavor to the Mario stew thanks to its capture mechanic. Mario Odyssey can keep you busy for hours and hours if you want it to, and you probably will.

Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo Switch) Review

It has been a long time coming, but finally Mario is back in a truly free roaming 3D adventure. After the success of the Super Mario Galaxy series of planet hopping shenanigans, for Super Mario Odyssey on Switch, Nintendo has taken the direction fans adored so much with Super Mario 64 and Super...

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Great sandbox gameplay; Excellent visuals; Beautiful sound design; Diverse game world; Tasteful nostalgia; Good replayability

Super Mario Odyssey review

It’s the relentlessly brilliant variety that elevates Odyssey above and beyond any recent platformer you can care to mention, and a fair few other Mario games as well. Racing towards a distant flagpole is all very well, but this feels like a proper 3D affair in the same way that Super Mario 64 did two decades ago. Only now you can play it wherever you please thanks to the Switch’s portable charms. So yeah, Super Mario Odyssey is an incomprehensibly fun video game. One that’s big and silly and totally essential if you’ve already got a Switch sitting at home. Not only does it show off what Nintendo’s new console is capable of, but it reminds you why Mario has endured for so long now: roaming free with the fella around the vast new kingdoms just feels great. Not yet indulged in a Switch? Odyssey is good enough to have you reconsider. I mean... Mario as a T. rex: what more excuse do you need?

Huge worlds to explore; Jam-packed with invention; Cappy changes how you play;

A bit easy at first;

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I n life, a few things are inevitable: death, taxes and the continual kidnapping of Princess Peach. But after more than 30 years of at least one new Mario adventure per Nintendo console, it helps to have a feature that differentiates the latest from the last.